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Canada is girding itself for the greatest celebration in its history. Next week its centennial year begins, marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of the British North America Act, which forged three separate British colonies into a single confederation. As the festivities start, Ethiopia's Haile Selassie will lead an almost nonstop, six-month procession of 60 or more of the world's leaders, including President Johnson, Prime Minister Wilson and General de Gaulle, who will come to Canada to pay their respects and to visit Montreal's centennial-commemorating Expo 67, which will feature displays...
...start of a new baseball season is a trivia collector's delight. Consider these tidbits last week...
This summer, the U.S. will get not just one but two professional soccer leagues: the ten-city National Professional Soccer League, which makes its debut April 16, and the United Soccer Association, a 12-city league that will start off with exhibition games between imported clubs this year, field its own teams next season. The United Association is headed by Dick Walsh, a former executive of baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, and is accredited by the Federation Internationale de Football...
Said Robert Motherwell: "I have a deep respect for Pollock. After a slow start, like Van Gogh, he skyrocketed for a few years." Added Richard Lindner: "He broke through the traditions of the European painters. Don't forget the time-when he painted, America was very dependent on European tradition. In 50 years, Pollock will probably be more important than he is today-maybe not as a painter, but for liberation." Said Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning, who did not attend the opening: "Pollock broke...
...AFTRA renegade was still Chet Huntley, who was busy between newscasts trying to round up a cadre of journalists in an effort to start up a separate union. He didn't make any progress last week. In fact, 48 newsmen sent him an open protest letter headlined: "Where Were You, Mr. Huntley?" Predictably, annoyance at times gave way to acrimony. Jim Hoffman, an NBC time salesman who took over the llth Hour News on WNBC-TV walked into Hurley's, the broadcasters' favorite Sixth Avenue bar-and into an earful from striking Newswoman Liz Trotta...